GOLF'S CONDUCT A HOLE IN ONE.Baseball balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. . Football fumbled. Golf got it right. The governing bodies of America's sports dealt with the incomprehensible horror visited upon the nation last week in their own ways. For baseball, it was a delayed reaction delayed reaction n. An allergic or immune response that begins 24 to 48 hours after exposure to an antigen to which the individual has been sensitized. , deciding almost daily whether games should be played while we dug out our dead from under piles of rubble. National Football League executives fretted for two days about how players and coaches should spend a somber Sunday. Rescuing a full regular season and playoff schedule seemed the top priority in each case. Golf had to deal with the Ryder Cup Ryder Cup Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. - scheduled for next weekend at The Belfry belfry Bell tower, either freestanding or attached to another structure. More particularly it refers to the room, usually at the top of such a tower, where the bells and their supporting timberwork are hung. in England - and it did so in distinguished fashion. The Ryder Cup is a huge deal, transcending the game's majors and mesmerizing mes·mer·ize tr.v. mes·mer·ized, mes·mer·iz·ing, mes·mer·iz·es 1. To spellbind; enthrall: "He could mesmerize an audience by the sheer force of his presence" continents. It's a cash cow Cash Cow 1. One of the four categories (quadrants) in the BCG growth-share matrix that represents the division within a company that has a large market share within a mature industry. 2. for the host country and a marketing bonanza for businesses. But it is still just a game, a contest now delayed so a nation can mend its heart. The event now will be played in even-numbered years and the Presidents Cup, the United States against the whole world except Europe, will be played in odd-numbered years. Each gets a delay-of-game penalty, thanks to a surreal war that came suddenly out of the sky Sept. 11. And Jim Awtrey, chief executive of the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. of America, and PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem, did the right thing the right way, which in the end was so simple. Just take a hiatus for one year. A war happened. So the men who run the tours here and abroad discussed the issue and came to a quick decision, despite the fact there would be some disappointment and disruption. A date has not been set for the next Presidents Cup. ``A major change in the calendar like this affects many people and organizations and I am pleased with the support we have received from all parties, especially our host sites in America, the European Ryder Cup Board and the PGA Tour,'' Awtrey told pga.com. Not surprisingly, this decision received strong support from our allies in Europe. During a news conference Tuesday, Richard Hills, director of the European Ryder Cup Board, spoke eloquently of the subject. ``The scope of last Tuesday's tragedy is so overwhelming that it would be impossible for the United States Ryder Cup team and officials to attend the matches this month,'' he said. ``The invitation to the United States team has not been withdrawn but extended.'' Playing on either team is an honor and these matches were highly anticipated after the amazing comeback two years ago by the United States. The teams for next year's matches will remain the same, and so will the uniforms. What probably won't carry over are the bad feelings some Europeans harbored after the American team's raucous victory celebration. Some of the competitive heat might be missing. But that is not a bad thing. European captain Sam Torrence expects the atmosphere next year to be subdued. ``I think this atrocity is going to hit us for a long time,'' he said. ON THE GREEN PGA TOUR Pennyslvania Classic at Ligonier, Pa. Course: Laurel Valley Country Club (7,244 yards, par 72). Schedule: Today through Sunday Purse: $3.3 million, $594,000 to winner TV: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network (today-Friday, noon-3 p.m.; Saturday, 1-3 p.m.; Sunday, 3-5 p.m.). LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association TOUR Asahi Ryokuken International at North Augusta, S.C. Course: Mount Vintage Plantation Golf Club (6,321 yards, par 72) Schedule: Today through Sunday Purse: $1.2 million, $180,00 to winner TV: None PGA SENIOR TOUR SAS Championship at Cary, N.C. Course: Prestonwood Country Club (7,137 yards, par 72) Schedule: Friday through Sunday Purse: $1.6 million, $240,000 to winner TV: PAX (Friday, 1-3 p.m.) and CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. (Saturday-Sunday, 6-8 p.m.) SCORING AVERAGE PGA 1 Tiger Woods 68.61 2 Vijay Singh 68.98 3 Sergio Garcia 68.99 4 Davis Love III Davis Milton Love III (born April 13, 1964) is an American professional golfer. Love was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended the University of North Carolina before turning professional in 1985. 69.05 5 Phil Mickelson 69.21 LPGA 1 Annnika Sorenstam 69.28 2 Se Ri Pak Se Ri Pak (born September 28 1977 in Daejeon) is a South Korean professional golfer, playing on the LPGA Tour. She will be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in November 2007. Career overview Pak turned professional in 1996. 69.76 3 Rosie Jones 70.06 4 Karrie Webb 70.08 5 Dottie Pepper 70.20 PGA SENIOR 1 Gil Morgan 69.09 2 Hale Irwin 69.29 3 Allen Doyle 69.44 4 Bruce Fleisher 69.53 5 Tom Kite 69.97 SPOTLIGHT JIM AWTREY He's the chief executive officer of the PGA of America, the group that keeps private and public courses around the country running. It's also the group that runs the Ryder Cup, which moved its matches back a year in response to last week's terrorist attack. CAPTION(S): box Box: ON THE GREEN (see text) |
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